Nepal | A Healed Water Buffalo and a Gospel Movement
Taral (name changed) grew up in a remote Nepali village. He was the son of a Hindu priest, and began studying to become a priest himself. But then he heard about Jesus, and became convinced it was the truth. He was the first follower of Jesus in his village. Taral went to medical college and Bible school, and then began trekking through the Himalayas on his motorbike, helping people and telling them about Jesus.
After meeting a Novo missionary, Taral learned about Discovery Bible Study (DBS) and gospel movements. He gathered a team of 13 people together to meet with Novo and be trained in simple gospel movement tools. They are simple villagers, but have become convinced that God can use them to reach Nepal. Now they have 15 microchurches in remote parts of Nepal, and continue to lead people to Jesus through DBS, prayer, and one-on-one sharing.
There are many beautiful “God stories” emerging as people begin to boldly follow Christ. For example, Batsa, who began following Jesus after one of Taral’s team shared the good news with him, became an evangelist himself. He went to a village he’d never visited before, and found himself in the middle of a healing ceremony for a very sick water buffalo that the whole community depended upon. He offered to pray for the animal in Jesus’s name, and within 15 minutes the buffalo was clearly doing better. Several people began to follow Jesus that day as a result.
